Camera.



i. c. MEYER.

CAMERA.

` `APPLICATION FILED AUG. I4, 1916'.

atented Aug. 13,1918;

f f duced on a dexible strip of material or lln einen onrrcn.

EDWN C. MEYER, li THME, TERRITR F ALA-SKA.

GAMER..

To all :wlim tmag/ concern .f

Bent known that l, EDWIN C. Marr-Jn, `a

j citizenl of the United States, residing; at

Thane, in the precinct of Qluneau and lerritory'of Alaska, have invented a new and useful Camera, of which 'the followingl is a specication. @My invention 4is an improvement in cameras', and relates more especially to that particnlar class in which the negatives 'are prowhich is `Wound from one roll to another in taking-.the exposures..

l 4The principal object of the invention is to embody in this particular ltype ot carriera a 'very simple and inexpensive mechanism, so -constructedand arranged that there 1s little likelihood, A'if any, of spoiling a partei the film-strip by reason of a second exposure thereon, or, of skipping77 portions or sec tions of theihn-strip. llhis l accomplish vby means of a mechanism that Will plainly Vindicate when a fresh or unenposed portion of the nlm-strip is in position for exposure,

' 'novel features oi the invention will be and which will operate automatically to indicate that an exposure has been made the instant the camena'ehuttcr has been oporwith the bellows partly brokenl away and the upper portion or the side-Wall removed so as to expose the interior construction, includ- I ing my improvements applied thereto;

Fig'. 2 is a rear elevation, of the upper portion or the camera, the bach Wall being 45 removed; and, A

Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view taken on'the line 3-3 of Fig. 2, and illustrating` the nlm-operating mechanism.

Similar numerals of' reference indicate similar parts inail the iigures of the dran7- For the purpose-of illnstratingthe appli-- cationl of my invention, l have shown the. same in connection with the conventmnal type of pocket film camera-wherein l designatos the front-Wall; the removable baclr- A speeincation fir-Letters Patent Patent-eert Ang, t3, Elgfl 8.,

aspiration also august ni, raie. 'serial no. nevar.

wall; 3 and l the opposite side-Walls; 5 the bellovvs; and ofthe bellows and lens-support; all being of the usual construction and forming no part of my invention.

i' designates aspiring-motor, and being of the usual Welldmovvn construction, it is provided with the ordinary type of paWl and ratchet escapcment (not shown). Through ceiving spool or roll 1l, about which is Wound as the exposures are made, the usual linstrip l2. This spool -or roll is both yieldingly as Weil as rotatably supported in the upper end or' the camera case Where it is .capable of removal in the usual manner.

@ne end of the spool or rollv may have its anis let into a slight indentation formed in the spring-plate 13, While its opposite axis is entered in the inner end or" a hollow fixed stub-shatt Ll, extending inwardly from the opposite sidewall 3 of the camera.. Mounted on the inner end of Jthis hollow stnbshaft 'is a gear l5, in mesh with the drivinpygeari l0 of the spring-motor, so as to be turned thereby,.said gear l5 being loosely mounted in position, and at the inner side of the same is located a series of radiating spring-tension ngers 16, against which the adjacent lianged end of the roll or spool may bear. The spool or roll will thus be held frictionally inposition, and While it will be turned by the gear l5 When 'the latter is rotated, yet it is also capable of slipping When the `filmstrip becomes suiciently tight, and in this Way,n as will hereinafter appear, .l inn enabledvto compensate 'for variations in the diameter of the film roll as the film-strip is l Wound thereon.

A key 17,1'rnay' be inserted externally through the hollow stub-shaft, and at its inner end serve as a bearing for the spool or roll, such key being employed for manually turning said spool or roll for the purpose of winding` thereon the `remainder of the film' aiter the same has been completely used up by exposures. The key may have its inner end notched or bifurcated, as at 18, such bifurcations being designed to removably engage with corresponding indentations formed in the flange of the spool or roll.. This key is normally held iii-engagement with the spool by means of a light spring 17a, bixtsis capable of being withdrawn so as to disengage its inner end from the spool orY driven by the drive-gear of the motor-shaft,

` andit-also carries a feed-roll 21, the surface of which-,rit will be understood, is covered with some suitable friction material. The diameter of this feed-roll is such that it will, at each revolution, feed the film the distance of one exposure; and therefore, may be varied as is evident will be necessary in different cameras. So, also, are the gears be` tween the shaft -19 and the stub-shaft 14, made in proper ratio.

Bearing upon the feed-roll 21, and operating therefore upon the film-strip 12, is an idle tension-roll 22, the axes of which are supported by arms 23, extending from the back wall of the camera case.

In a suitable opening formed in the wall el of the camera-case, is mounted for reciprocation as well as oscillation, a short plungershaft 24, the shaft being capable of being reciprocated by means of ay button or head 25, at its outer end. About the .plungershaft and between the head or button 25 thereof and the bottom of a depression in the wall of the camera case, is a coiled spring 26, the tendency of which is to normally force the shaft' and button outward from the case. The plunger-shaft is provided near its inner end at one side with a cam-projection 27, and at.its opposite side with a radial rock-arm 2S. A flat spring 29, projecting from the partition 30, bears at its free end against the upper side of the rock-arm and serves to normally depress the same to a horizontal position, thereby maintaining the cam-projection 27 at the opposite side of the plunger in a similar though oppositely disposed position.

Extending upwardly through an opening in a guide-plate 3l, formed by the bent lower end of the partition-plate 30, is a reciprocating releasing-rod 32, the upper end of which bears against the underside and near the free end of the rock-arm 2.8. This releasing-rod is operated through the medium of a cable 34, leading to the exterior of the camera-case, at the outer end of which is a push-button 33.

On the shaft 19 carrying the feed-roll Q1, and at that end opposite which the gear 20 is located, is mounted a .locking-cam 35, formed with a single locking-'shoulder 3G. Normally engag-"ng with this shoulder, and,

aac/asas therefore, serving to lock feed-roll and 'its shaft against rotation t5 f the springmio tor, is a resilient locking-rod or vibratory pawl 37, the upper end of which may be secured to any suitable point `of 'the frame. This locking-rod or pawl ldepends through an opening 37, formed in the guide-plate 31', alongside of and transverse to the plunger-shaft, and at its lower end engages with the locking shoulder of the locking-cam 35, as shown. 1t will be evident that when the plunger is pushed inward, its cam-projection 27, the advance side of which is inclined, as at 38, will force the free end of they locking-rod or pawl away` from the lockingcam so as-to free the latter and permit the feed-roll to make one revolution, being actuated thereby by the spring-motor and in`- termediate gears. This unlocking vof the feed-roll is only during the passage'of the cam-projection 27 by the releasing-rod or pawl, so that as soon as said cam-projection has passed said pawl the latter springs back into the path of the shoulder ofthe lockingcanr and arrests further rotation of the same and thefeed-roll. Itwill he evident that if the feed-roll is properly proportibned, it will serve to advance the film-strip the distance of one exposure, and therefore render a second exposure impossible. This unlocking of the feed-roll also serves to unlock the spring-motor and the latter thereupon drives the upper film-spool or roll sufliciently to take up the film or portion of thel hlm-strip thus advanced. When the camprojection 27 has passed by and operated the locking-rod, its opposite side will engage the rod, so that the latter will bar the ably operated through the same push-button,

33, heretofore mentioned as employed for operating the releasiIig-mechanism. 'F or this purpose the said button is formed with twin stems' or Shanks 40. one operating lin the releasing-cable 34 and the other in the shutter operating cable 39. It will be seen that b v this arrangement, when the button 33 is pressed, not only will the shutter be operated and an exposure made, but the releasing-rod 32 will be forced upward against the rock-. arm Q8, elevate the same and rock or partially rotate the plunger-shaft 24. thus serving to tilt the cam projection 2T suliiciently to disengage the samefrom the locking-rod or pawl 37, and permit-the plunger-shaft to move outward under lthe influence of the coiled spring 26. As soony as the arm 'is relieved from the upward pressure of the Cil canrprojection adapted to vibrate the pawl and subsequently interlock therewith, a returnspring'for the plunger, ansarin extending from the plunger, a spring'. for normally depressing the same, a releasing-rod extending under the arm and serving when reciprocated to tilt the arm against the action of its spring for the purpose of disconnecting the cam-faced lug from its engagement with the paWl,'an`d meansfor reciprocatingr said rod.

6. he combination with a camera, of a spring-motor therein', a feed roll, a shouldered cam mounted on the shaft with the same, a Vibratory spring locking-pawl for engaging the shouldered cam, gearing between the feed roll shaft and the spring- .motor and between the latter and thel receiving roll' ofthe camera, a plunger mounted vin the' Wall of the camera-case and disposed ...at an angleto the vibratory pawl and proing engagement with said pawl, and an operating cable leading to the releasing-rod.

7. The combination with a camera, of a receiving-roll, a feeding-roll, means for ger-rod, and means carried by the latter for releasing the pawl and subsequently engaging therewith to hold said plunger-rod depressed. v A

8. The combination with a camera, of a receiving-roll, a feeding-roll, means for turning said rolls simultaneously, a locking Cam on the feeding-roll, a spring-actuated pawl engaging said locking-cam for limiting the rotation of the feeding-roll, a. springprojected plunger-rod, means carried by said plunger-rod for releasing the pawl and subsequently engaging therewith to hold the plunger-rod depressed against the action of its spring, and means for releasing the plunger-rod from the paWl.

. In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specication in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EDWIN C. MEYER. In the presence of- H. VANDER LEEsT, IV. B. KIRK. 

